Sports
University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 10, 1990
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Orioles defeat Royals in season opener
Extra-inning game ends 7-6
By Brent Maycock
Kansan sportswriter
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sam Horn enjoyed his best day as a major leaguer, but it took two singles and a Kansas City error in the eleventh inning for Baltimore to slip by the Royals 7-6 yesterday in the season
"Too much Sam Horn today. That was our biggest problem."
It was the Royals fifth consecutive season-opening loss. The last time Kansas won its first game of the season, it faced 2-1 victory against Toronto in 1985.
Horn's home run in the second inning gave the Orioles a 3-10 lead. However, the Royals slowly climbed back and took a 6-13 lead in the sixth.
Horn spoiled Kansas City's bid to snap its losing streak. The 6-foot-5, 240-pound designated hitter was four-run home runs and three run home runs and six RBI.
With two out in the eleventh, Baltimore more right fielder Joe Orsulak singled up the middle off losing pitcher Jeff Montgomery, and triples shortstop Jeff McKinney on the right field line. Royals right fielder Danny Tartabull couldn't come up with the ball and the relay throw from second baseman Steve Jeltz to catcher Bob Boone was to late to catch Oren
"You can't worry about the guy going to second base," Wathan said.
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ORILOLES 7, ROYALS 6
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"You've got to worry about the go-ahead run. He should have been over closer to the line for a possible play at the plate."
With one out in the sixth, Kansas City left field BoJack Hiton an infield single. Tartabull followed with a single to right, driving Jack
'Too much Sam Horn today. That was our biggest problem.'
— John Wathan
Rovals manager
Kansas City second baseman Frank White then hit a two-run home run to left field. White hit just two home runs last season.
to son third. After center fielder Jim Eisenreich pounced out to Orioles catcher Mickey Tettleton, shortstop Kurt Stillwell pulled a double down the left field line, scoring Jackson and Tartabull
"The wind was blowing out," White said. "I think it's disappointing that we did not win, but the good thing that came out of it is that we scored runs."
Umpire Don Denkinger signals safe to Royals catcher Bob Boone as Baltimore's Joe Orsulak scores the winning run.
Last season, the Royals scored just 890 runs, 11th best in the American League.
Farr worked the count to 2-2 before Horn hit his second three-run home run of the day, tying the score 6-6.
Baltimore came back from a three-run direct and tied the game in overtime.
"We just made a couple of bad pitches that Sam Horn could drive."
Cal Ripken Jr. was hit with a pitch from Royals reliever Steve Farr leading off the eighth. After Tettleton struck out, Orioles first baseman Randy Milligan singled to left. Farr's third Ripken and Milligan to advance.
Despite the loss, Wathan said sev
eral positive things*came out of the game.
"We did some good things offensively," he said. "I said Bret
and walked none in six innings. He said that although he pitched well he would have preferred a victory.
"When you come back and go
(Saberhagen) threw extremely well. He just made one bad pitch and that was it.
Saberhagen struck out six Oriole
ahead 6-3 you expect to win the ballgame," Saberhagen said. "Sam Horn just had a great day."
Kansas analyzes success
By Paul Augeri
The hot streak has time to cool
Kansan sportswriter
Women's tennis
Kansas has won its past six matches.
Now that the Kansas women's tennis team does not play until Friday at Oklahoma, Coach Michael Center has time to evaluate the Jayhawks' recent wave of success.
"I think the team is confident and growing." Center said. "We were behind after the first two sets against Nebraska. After each win, they believe in themselves a little bit more."
Kansas defeated Nebraska 6-3
Sunday at home. At 4,0 the Jayhawks are in first place in the Big
Conference. Kansas is 7-11 overall
"I guess after all the home matches and wins, we'll be pretty confident in attitude to go up there and win," said Eveline Hammers, co-director of the gives giving us confidence and keeps our losing number on zero."
In the first seven weeks of the season, Kansas losses outnumbered its victories by 11 to 1. Center got his first victory as coach when the Jayhawks defeated Georgia Tech in March.
Kansas lost its first seven matches.
"The winning streak is great, but we think that in two weeks it could be over," Hamers said.
Kansas played 12 of the nation's top 25 Division I teams in a seven-week stretch. Center has said that playing teams that are nationally ranked at the start of the season encouraged the Jayhawks to play consistently at that level.
Oklahoma coach Mark Johnson was not surprised by Kansas' recent winning streak. The Jayhawks have beaten Kansas State, Missouri, Iowa State and Nebraska.
"I think playing such a tough schedule helped them," Johnson said. "They also didn't have a full lineup to start with. But they've got Eveline at the top spot and are solid at two, three and five."
"They have a little dynasty going," he said.
Center called 12th-ranked Oklahoma State the obvious favorite to win the Big Eight title. The Cowboys beat nine big eight championships.
"They are definitely one of the top teams in the conference."
Oklahoma is 13-4 overall and 1 in the conference. After they play the Sooners on Friday, the Jay-Z team will face Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Saturday.
Center said the Jayhawks should
be more aggressive in their approach to match play because the Big Eight regular season ended in less than two weeks.
"We are playing too conservatively," he said. "But we are definitely still improving, and I think we are stronger."
Johnson also regarded Oklahoma State as the favorite to win the Big Eight. He said teams such as Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma State would fight for the next three spots.
"This week will tell us a lot," Johnson said. "We had a ton of matches in March, which I think will make it less likely to play now, they won't be at all."
After playing the Jayhawks on Saturday in Norman, the Sooners will play Kansas State and Oklahoma State during the next four days.
Kansas plays no more home matches. The Jayawks visit Colorado for their conference finale April 21. The Big Eight Championships begin April 26 at Oklahoma City.
"I would love to play one more match at home," Hamers said. "When people come out they give us a helping hand."
No matter where Kansas plays in the next two weeks, Center said the Jawhawks would be prepared.
"I think that, physically, we are in pretty good shape," he said.
Play ball! 1990 season opens Rangers, Mariners and Cardinals among winning teams
RANGERS 4. BLUE JAYS 2
ARLINGTON, Texas — Nolan Ryan held Toronto hitless for five innings and left after throwing 90 pitches, getting his 290th career victory last night as the Texas Rangers beat the Blue Jays 4-2 in their season opener.
The Rangers said Ryan, 43, didn't get hurt but came out after throwing too many pitches. Ryan has pitched a single in the playoffs, had several close calls last season.
A sellout crowd of 40,907 booed when Mike Jeffcoat relieved him to start the sixth. Kelly Gruber doubled with two outs for Toronto's first hit, and he hit a two-run double in the eighth off Jeff Russell. The Texas pitches combined on a three-hitter, and Russell finished for a save.
MARINERS 7 ANGELS 4
ANAHEM, Calif. — Ken Griffey Jr., the youngest player in the majors, hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the fifth inning as the Seattle Mariners beat the California Angels 7-4.
Griffey, who had 16 homers as a rookie last season, broke a 2-2 tie with his home run off losing pitcher Bert Blyleven.
Trailing 2-0 going into the fifth, the Mariners pulled even on a run-scoring single by Edgar Martinez and a fielder's choice grounder by Brian Giles. Giles and Harold Reynolds then scored on Griffey's home run over the right field wall.
Major League Baseball
ST. LOUIS — Wille McGee's two run double in the ninth sent the game to extra innings, and his run-scoring single in the 11th gave the St. Louis Cardinals a 6-5 victory against the Montreal Expos.
Milt Thompson led off the 11th with a walk off Mark Gardner and advanced on a sacrifice before McGee lined a soft single to center.
RED SOX 5. TIGERS 2
BOSTON — The new season looked just like the old one at Fenway Park: Wade Boggs got three hits, Roger Clemens won and the Detroit Tigers lost.
Opening day, delayed for only the second time in history, finally came, and the Boston Red Sox began in style. beating Detroit 5-2.
Clemens held the Tigers hitless until Tony Phillips singled at the beginning of the sixth inning. Clemens allowed three hits, struck out five and walked two. He retired the first two batters in the seventh and then left the game after throwing 101 pitches.
DODGERS 4, PADRES 2
LOS ANGELES — Free agent Hubie Brooks broke up Bruce Hurst's no-hit bid in the seventh inning and hit a three-run home run in the eighth
that rallied the Los Angeles Dodgers for a victory against the San Diego Padres 4-2.
WHITE SOX 2, BREWERS 1
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox opened their final season at 80-year-old Comiskey Park with a victory, beating the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Scott Fletcher's sacrifice fly in the seventh inning.
The White Sox, who lost their first game at Comiskey 2-0 to the St. Louis Browns in 1910, will move across the street to a new stadium next year.
PIRATES 12. METS 3
Prior to the start of the game, Commissioner Fay Vincent threw the ceremonial first ball to mark the start of the season.
REDS 8. ASTROS 4
HOUSTON — Barry Larkin tripped with the bases loaded off reliever Charlie Kerfeld in the 11th innning, giving the Cincinnati Reds and new manager Lou Pinelli an 8-4 victory against the Houston Astros.
Jayhawks chalk up weekend victory
By a Kansan reporter
It was the second consecutive weekend that Kansas has defeated the Tigers. Kansas won in two overtimes during the championship game against Louisville. The Invitational Tournament last weekend in Kansas City.
The KU Rugby football club var- ium team defeated Missouri 14-7 Saturday afternoon at Shenk Complex.
"We pretty much dominated the game," varsity flanker Paddy Delargy said. "They scored on slight laps in our concentration. We are very pleased because Missouri is very tough."
Kansas' club B team defeated the Kansas City Blues 10-4, but the B team lost to the Blues B team 10-3. The team defeated Kansas' variety B team 10-1.
The rugby club will compete Saturday at the Western Collegiate Championship at Texas A&M University in College Station. The field includes the top eight teams in the West regional. The winner will be one of four teams to go to the national championship tournament.
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Bill Kirkelie of the KU rugby club faces Missouri's Colin Schmidt.
The Jayhawks, 23-14, won two of three games played last weekend at Jayhawk Field. Kansas split a doubleheader against Nebraska on Saturday and beat Pittsburg State 4-0 on Sunday.
SOFTBALL DOUBLEHEADER: The Kansas softball team will play a rescheduled doubleheader against Creighton at 4 p.m. today in Omaha, Neb. The games were rained out Thursday.
Sports briefs
Kansas, 1-1 in the Big Eight Conference, has a regularly scheduled doubleheader against Washburn at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Jayhawk Field.
MATTINGLY SIGNS CONTRACT:
Don Mattingly became the highest-paid player in baseball yesterday when the New York Yankees first baseman agreed to a five-year contract extension worth at least $19 million.
"A superstar is a superstar, so I
Mattingly, who will make $2.5 million in 1990 during the final season of a three-year deal worth $6.7 million, threatened to become a free agent unless he was acquired by an expansion opening day. The new deal runs through the 1996 season.
can justify that salary," Yankees owner George Steinbrenner said. "A Don Mattingly will attract people to see my club play."
Mattingly, who will be 29 in two weeks, batted 303 last year with 23 home runs and 113 RBI. He is a lifetime .323 hitter in $6\frac{1}{2}$ major-league seasons with 164 home runs and 717 RBI.
"I told Mr. Steinbrenner I would definitely play as hard as I can possibly play and play the best baseball I can for the next six years," Mattingly said.
K-STATE ASSISTANT HIRED: Jim Kerwin, an assistant basketball coach at Oklahoma for the past six years, was named yesterday as the first assistant coach hired by new Kansas State coach Dana Altman.
"He is very well known in a number of circles, including the junior colleges," Altman said. "His knowl of basketball game will certainly be used here."
Before joining Oklahoma, Kerwin spent four seasons at Seminole Junior College, which won four straight Oklahoma junior college postseason tournaments. He was
named Oklahoma's junior college coach of the year each of those four seasons.
Kervin, a native of Newark, N.J., earned All-America honors in 1964 at Tulane and played four seasons of the Phillips 66ers in Bartlesville, Okla.
He then coached two seasons at Caney High School, in Caney, Kan., beginning in 1968, before moving to Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford, where he served as assistant coach for three seasons.
EX-NFL PLAYER ARRESTED: Former NPL running back George Rogers, who was implicated in a drug scandal in 1982 and later underwent treatment at a rehabilitation center, was arrested on cocaine charges during a weekend raid in Columbia, S.C., authorities said yesterday.
Rogers, who won the 1980 Heisman Trophy while at South Carolina, still had traces of cocaine in his right nostril when he was arrested Saturday at a northwest Columbia apartment, Richland County Sheriff Allan Sloan said.